Marker attachment for planters.



No. 628,038. Patented July 4, I899.

- .1. A. RINGEISEN.

MARKER ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

(Application filed Dec. 6, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN A. RINGEISEN, or FRANOEQSV'IL'LE, INDIANA.

MARKER ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 628,038, dated July 4, 1899.

Application filed December 6,1898. Serial No. 698,449. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, J HN A. RINGEISEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Francesville, in the county of' Pulaski and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Marker Attachment forPlanters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to marker or gage attachments for corn-planters and similar machines; and it has for its object to provide a simple and efficient attachment of this character that can be used in connection with any ordinary type of planting-machine and can be readily adjusted by the foot of the driver without dismounting from the machine or taking his hands from the lines of the team.

To this-end the invention primarily contemplates an improved construction of'landmarker for the purpose of making the usual gage or guiding'mark for the rows and mounted in a novel manner, whereby the same can be" readily manipulated, so as to be swung to either side of the machine or raised to avoid stones and other obstructions and when turning or backing the planter. I

\Vith these and other objectsin view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

111 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a corn-planter equipped with the land-marker attachment'constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the planter, showing the twist of the adj Listing-cable when the marker-arm is swung to either side of the planter-frame. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. lis a top plan view of the rear portion of the planterframe, showing the position of parts when the planter-arm is in its intermediate vertical position.

Referring to the drawings, numeral 1 designates the frame of an ordinary corn-planter, and in the present invention the rear crossbar of the fram e has attached centrally thereto a fixed supporting-bracket 2. The fixed supporting-bracket2 is bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the rear end of the planterframe and projects above the plane of the latter to form a support for the approximately U Shaped or bifurcated pivot-block 3. The said fixed supporting-bracket 2 is provided at its front side with a pair of offstanding rest-lugs 20, lying in the same horizontal plane, and adapted to rest directly on the top edge of the rear end of the planter-frame to provide for firmly bracing the bracket and preventing axial movement thereof on the bolt which secures the same to the planter-frame. At its rear side'and above the plane of the restlugs 20 the supportingbracket 2 is further provided with an integral ofistanding tubular pivot-boss 21, which is adapted to loosely fit in the pivot-opening 22, formed in the inner closed end of the U-shaped or bifurcated pivot-block 3, and to provide for maintaining said pivot-block 3 in pivotal engagement with the pivot-boss 21 of the supporting-bracket a retaining-bolt 23 is employed. This retaining-bolt is placed within the opening through the tubular pivot-boss 21 and receives on the threaded terminalthereof the nut 24, working against the front side of the supportingbracket 2. The opposite end or head of the retaining-bolt 23 holds in place against the end of the pivot-boss 21 a washer 25 of a greater size than the pivot-opening 22 in the pivot-block 3 to provide for holding the latter in place without binding the same against the supporting-bracket 2. :The retainingbolt 23 therefore provides for detachably holding the pivot-block 3 to the supportingbracket 2, while at the same time permitting said pivot-block to freely turn or oscillate on the pivot-boss 21.

By reason of mounting the pivot-block 3 in the manner described the sameis capable of turning on a horizontal axis and carry with it a swinging marker-arm 4", adapted to be swung to either side of the planter-frame on the block 3 asa pivot. The marker-arm 4* has one end thereof held within the bifurcation of the block 3 by means of a hollow pin 5 passing through the said arm l -and the side ears or plates of the pivot-block 3, being held fast in the latter by means of a set-screw fas-- toning 6, mounted in the pivot-block and impinging on the said hollow or tubular pin.

The hollow or tubular pin 3 not only forms a pivot for one end of the marker-arm 4 to allow the samea slight play forward andpasses through the hollow pin of the pivot.

block, and the opposite end portions of said i with the frame, an adj usting-cable having its cable pass around the oppositely located guide-pulleys 8, mounted on the rear framebar near the ends of the latter, and at this point it will be observed that the upward projection of the supporting-bracket 2 disposes the pivot of the block 3 in substantially the horizontal plane of the pulleys 8, so as to obviate undue friction on the cable. The terminals of the cable 7 are respectively secured to the short arms 9, projected from the rockshaft 10 at the opposite ends of the latter. The rock-shaft 10 is journaled transversely within the planter-frame at the rear end thereof and carries an offstandin g foot-treadle 11 near one end thereof and disposed adjacent to the drivers seat, so that the driver can conveniently place his foot thereon.

The marker-arm 4 carries at its outer end a marker-head 12, provided at its opposite side edges with the obliquely-disposed markingribs 13, which provide for making the mark or line across the field as the planter advances, and said marker-head 12 has attached to its front end one end of the brace rope or connection 14, the other end of which brace rope or connection carries a ring or traveler 15, which loosely slides on the arched guide-rod 16, attached to the planter frame, or the oppositely-located seedboxes of the planter, as may be preferred. As the marker-arm is swung from side to side of the planter-frame the ring or traveler 15 loosely slides on the arched guide-rod, and it will be understood that the brace rope or connection 14 serves to maintain the marker in its proper relative position to the planter.

When the marker is swung to either side of the planter-frame, the intermediate portion of the adjusting-cable '7 will necessarily be twisted in a vertical direction, so as to disaline the separate portions of the cable respectively at opposite sides of the pivot-block 3. Therefore by depressing the treadle 11 both terminals of the cable will be drawn inward, and thereby straighten the same out, the result of which action will be to oscillate the pivot-block on its axis and carry the marker-arm therewith, and by a sudden pressure on the treadle the marker-arm will be thrown past the pivot-center to either side of the planter-frame, as desired.

In order/to obviate undue wear or friction on the adjusting-cable, the hollow or tubular pin 5 is preferably provided with beveled ends 17,, and it will be understood that any other changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a marker attachment, the combination with the planter-frame, of the markerarm having a pivotal connection at one end opposite portions extending respectively from opposite sides of the pivotal support of the arm, and an operating connection with both terminals of the cable to move the same simultaneously in the same direction, substantially as set forth.

2. In a marker attachment, the combination with the planter-frame, of a pivot-block swiveled on the rear end of said frame, a marker-arm connected at one end with said pivot-block, an adj usting-cable having its opposite portions extending respectively from opposite sides of said pivot-block, and a rockshaft having arms to which are respectively connected the opposite terminals of the cable, substantially as set forth.

3. In a marker attachment, the combination with the planter-frame, of a pivot-block swiveled on the rear end of the frame, the marker-arm, a hollow or tubular pin connecting the marker-arm with said pivot-block, an adj usting-cable passing through said pin, and an operating connection with both terminals of the cable to move the same simultaneously in the same direction, substantially as set forth.

4. In a marker attachment, the combination with the planter-frame, of a bifurcated pivot-block swiveled on the rear end of the frame, the marker-arm, a hollow or tubular pin connecting the marker-arm with the pivot block,au ad j usting-cable passing through said pin, and a rock-shaft journaled transversely of the planter-frame and having a treadle and a pairof oppositely-located arms, to which are respectively connected the opposite terminals of the cable, substantially as set forth.

5. In a marker attachment, the combination with the planter-frame, of a swinging marker-arm supported on the frame and carrying a tubular pin, an adjusting-cable passing through said pin, and an operating connection with both terminals of the cable to move the same simultaneously in the same direction, substantially as set forth.

6. In a 'marker attachment, the combination with the planter-frame, of a fixed supporting-bracket secured to the rear end of the planter-frame and provided at one side with an integral offstanding tubular pivot-boss, a bifurcated pivot-block loosely mounted on said boss, a washer housed within the bifurcation of the pivot-block, a retaining-bolt engaging With said washer and passing through the boss, a marker-arm fitted at one end in the bifurcation of the pivot-block, and an operating device connected with the pivot-block to provide for oscillating the same in either direction, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. RINGEISEN.

\Vitnesses:

ALFRED WHITAKER, JOHN N. MALLON. 

